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Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius, 1793)

Chalcis apiformis Fabricius, 1793:195, sex not indicated (Mus. Dom. Lund). - As Ancyloscelis apiformis: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2012Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934. (distribution); Sagot et al., 2018Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, 1854:367, ♂. ♂, Brazil (F. Smith); Michener, 1942Michener, C.D. 1942. North american bees of the genus Ancyloscelis (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 18 (3):108-113.:111, Type ♂ (British Museum (Natural History)). - Friese, 1904Friese, H. 1904. Neue Arten der Bienengattung Ancyloscelis Latr. 1825. (Hym.). Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 4:20-24. (distribution); Michener, 1942Michener, C.D. 1942. North american bees of the genus Ancyloscelis (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 18 (3):108-113. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2118 ( listed as synonym of Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius, 1793)). - As Ancyloscelis armata: - Cockerell, 1932Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution). - As Eucera armata: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution). - As Leptergatis armata: - Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 10 (55):21-31. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution). - As Melitoma armata: - Alfken, 1935-1936Alfken, J.D. 1935-1936. Ueber eine Bienenausbeute aus Venezuela. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen 1:316-320. (distribution).
Nomia tarsalis Westwood, 1875:221 - Cockerell, 1898Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Synopsis of the North American bees of the genus Nomia. The Entomologist 31:31-33. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2118 ( listed as synonym of Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius, 1793)).
Melissodes toluca ♀ Cresson, 1878:219, Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:110, Lectotype ♀. - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:110 ( listed as synonym of Ancyloscelis armata Smith, 1854).
Exomalopsis chionocincta Cockerell, 1949:453, ♀. Holotype ♀, Honduras: Zamorano (U.S.N.M., No. 58511, leg. Adan Rivera). - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:110 ( listed as synonym of Ancyloscelis armata Smith, 1854).

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Area distribution map

map of Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius, 1793)

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Michener, 1942 [as Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, 1854])
BRABrazil
 (Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Eucera armata (Smith, 1854)]; Cockerell, 1898 [as Nomia tarsalis Westwood, 1875]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Leptergatis armata (Smith, 1854)]; Michener, 1942 [as Ancyloscelis armata Smith, 1854]; Michener, 1942 [as Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, 1854]; Krombein et al., 1979)
COLColombia
 (Smith-Pardo, 2003; Gonzalez et al., 2012)
GTMGuatemala
 (Cockerell, 1912 [as Leptergatis armata (Smith, 1854)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Leptergatis armata (Smith, 1854)]; Michener, 1942 [as Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, 1854])
HNDHonduras
 (Cockerell, 1949 [as Exomalopsis chionocincta Cockerell, 1949])
MEXMexico
 (Michener, 1942 [as Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, 1854]; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-CamMexico - Campeche
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Sagot et al., 2018)
MEX-DurMexico - Durango
 (Friese, 1904 [as Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, 1854])
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (Ayala, 1988)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
 (Cockerell, 1932 [as Ancyloscelis armata Smith, 1854])
PANPanama
 (Michener, 1954 [as Ancyloscelis armata Smith, 1854])
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Michener, 1942 [as Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, 1854]; Krombein et al., 1979)
VENVenezuela
 (Alfken, 1935-1936 [as Melitoma armata (Smith, 1854)])

Literature

  • Alfken, J.D. 1935-1936. Ueber eine Bienenausbeute aus Venezuela. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen 1:316-320.
  • Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Synopsis of the North American bees of the genus Nomia. The Entomologist 31:31-33.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 10 (55):21-31.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1878. Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 30:181-221.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 2. Christian Gottlieb Proft, Hafniae. viii + 519 pp.
  • Friese, H. 1904. Neue Arten der Bienengattung Ancyloscelis Latr. 1825. (Hym.). Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 4:20-24.
  • Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934.
  • Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
  • Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.
  • Michener, C.D. 1942. North american bees of the genus Ancyloscelis (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 18 (3):108-113.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
  • Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341.
  • Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197.